...the who's who,
and the what's what 
of the space industry

Copernical Team

Copernical Team

Friday, 03 May 2013 17:34

China Great Wall Industry Corporation

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the China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) is the sole commercial organization authorized by the Chinese government to provide satellites, commercial launch services and to carry out international space cooperation.

As the professional company promoting international cooperation for China's space industry, CGWIC is devoted to the internationalized development of China's space industry. CGWIC has developed into a system integrator for space products and services. It can meet customers' multi-directional needs by providing comprehensive solutions for commercial launch services, satellite export, satellite ground tracking and control station construction, satellite applications, project financing, project insurance and technical training, etc. 

Thursday, 02 May 2013 21:14

AEHF satellite

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Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) is a series of communications satellites operated by the United States Air Force Air Force Space Command.

The spacecraft is used to relay secure communications for the Armed Forces of the United States, the British Armed Forces, the Canadian Forces and the military of the Netherlands. The system consist of six spacecraft in geostationary orbits, of which two have been launched. AEHF is designed to replace the older Milstar system and will operate at 44 GHz Uplink (EHF band) and 20 GHz Downlink (SHF band).

Thursday, 02 May 2013 21:08

Blue Marble Space

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Blue Marble Space is a non-profit organization founded in 2009.

Our mission is to promote and enable international unity through space exploration by providing scientific and technological services, namely, research, education, and design in the field of space exploration and the Earth system.

Thursday, 02 May 2013 21:03

Blue Marble Space Institute of Science

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The Blue Marble Space Institute of Science is a non-profit virtual research institute.

The institute has an interdisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between Earth system science, space exploration, and the future of humanity. Our members constitute a distributed network of scientists across the world that integrate research across disciplinary boundaries and facilitate scientific conversations with the public in traditional and innovative ways.

Thursday, 02 May 2013 20:49

Jiuquan Launch Center

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The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) is a space vehicle launch facility in China.

The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is the first and main launch site of China. It was created in 1958. The facility is part of Dongfeng Aerospace City (Base 10), and is located in the Gobi desert about 1,600 km from Beijing.

Wednesday, 01 May 2013 09:21

Innovative Solutions In Space (ISIS)

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Innovative Solutions In Space BV (ISIS) is a vertically integrated company with a focus on delivering turn-key solutions based on small space systems (small satellites, CubeSat systems, etc.).

ISI was founded in January 2006 as a spin-off from the Delfi-C3 nanosatellite project from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

Wednesday, 01 May 2013 09:06

Innovative Space Logistics (ISL)

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Innovative Space Logistics BV is a subsidiary of ISIS (Innovative Solutions In Space BV).

Innovative Space Logistics is focused on the provision of regular launches for CubeSats, nanosatellites and microsatellites and provides launch brokering services, technical consultancy, launch adapters and dispensers, flight certification testing and launch insurance services to a broad range of customers.

It was founded in 2009 to become the focal point of all launch services activities at ISIS, just before the first ISIS launch campaign took place in September 2009.

Tuesday, 30 April 2013 20:08

EOS payload family

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The EOS family of payload products offers a range of imaging on-board systems for Earth observation satellites.

The EOS payload products are proposed by the company Satrec Initiative.

Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:49

Keck Institute for Space Studies

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The Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) is a joint institute of the California Institute of Technology and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory established in January 2008.

The primary purpose of the KISS is to develop new planetary, Earth, and astrophysics space mission concepts and technology by bringing together a broad spectrum of scientists and engineers for sustained scientific and technical interaction.

This unique organization links the study elements of a think tank with the implementation elements of designing and developing prototypes. The Institute is centered on the intellectual, instrumentation, and research strengths of Caltech and JPL — and augments those strengths by inviting external experts from academia, government, and industry to engage in its programs.

The Institute also provides opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to actively participate in cutting edge space mission research and learning. The Institute supports significant outreach to the public and the wider technical/scientific community via open lectures and the Internet.

Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:43

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a multipurpose spacecraft designed to conduct reconnaissance and Exploration of Mars from orbit.

The spacecraft was built under the supervision of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The mission is managed by the JPL, at California Institute of Technology, La Canada Flintridge, California, for the NASA Science Mission Directorate. It was launched August 12, 2005, and attained Martian orbit on March 10, 2006.

In November 2006, after five months of aerobraking, it entered its final science orbit and began its primary science phase. As MRO entered orbit it joined five other active spacecraft which were either in orbit or on the planet surface: Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Express, Mars Odyssey, and two Mars Exploration Rovers; at the time a record for the most operational spacecraft in the immediate vicinity of Mars. 

MRO contains a host of scientific instruments such as cameras, spectrometers, and radar, which are used to analyze the landforms, stratigraphy, minerals, and ice of Mars. It paves the way for future spacecraft by monitoring Mars' daily weather and surface conditions, studying potential landing sites, and hosting a new telecommunications system. MRO's telecommunications system will transfer more data back to Earth than all previous interplanetary missions combined, and MRO will serve as a highly capable relay satellite for future missions.

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